The Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable convened a meeting for its membership and invited guests to consider the role of talent and workforce development in supporting national innovation capacity, in an effort to adequately prepare the 21st century workforce and beyond; to improve competitiveness in critical economic sectors; and to support responsiveness and resilience to global challenges.

Speakers and attendees examined demographic and geopolitical shifts impacting wellbeing, education, and work across the U.S. research and innovation environment, and discussed the ways partnerships and cross-sector collaboration can enable or enhance opportunities for talent and human capital development and management throughout the research enterprise. This convening of leaders from across sectors facilitated opportunities to share and scale successes, to better harness the value of investments in people to drive innovation.

This meeting is for GUIRR members and invited guests.

Agenda and Speakers

Tuesday, October 18
Reception - NAS West Court (5:00-6:30pm ET)
Dinner - NAS Great Hall (6:30-8:00pm ET)
Keynote - Sethuraman Panchanathan, 15th Director of the National Science Foundation

Wednesday, October 19
Opening remarks (9:00-9:15am ET)
Michael Nestor, Director of GUIRR
Al Grasso, GUIRR Industry Co-Chair and Past President of the MITRE Corporation
Darryll Pines, GUIRR University Co-Chair and President of the University of Maryland

State of U.S. STEM Talent and Workforce (9:15-10:30am ET)
Amy Burke, Program Director for Science, Technology, and Innovation Analysis at the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics at the National Science Foundation
Harry Holzer, John LaFarge, Jr. S.J. Chair and Professor at Georgetown University
Matt Sigelman, President of the Burning Glass Institute

Demands for Human Capital: The Present and Future of STEM Work (11:00am-12:30pm ET)
Stephen Welby, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Jeannine Kunz, Chief Workforce Development Officer for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Ed Bolton, Senior Advisor to the CEO of the Aerospace Corporation

Lunch (12:30-1:30pm ET)

Supporting the Supply of Human Capital by Broadening Participation in STEM Education and Work (1:30-2:45pm ET)
Kirsten Ellenbogen, President & CEO of the Great Lakes Science Center
V. Celeste Carter, Lead Program Director for Advanced Technical Education at the National Science Foundation
Talitha Washington, Director of the Atlanta University Center Consortium Data Science Initiative

Empowering the Innovators of Tomorrow to Enhance U.S. Innovation Capacity (3:05-4:15pm ET)
Lance Collins, Vice President and Executive Director of the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus
Eric Smith, Director of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at U.S. Economic Development Administration
Christophe Combemale, Independent Research Consultant at the Allegheny County Department of Human Services